USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United States feared specifically a domino effect, that the communism of the USSR would spread from one country to the next, destabilizing one nation which would, in turn, destabilize the next and allow for communist regimes to dominate the region.

Detailed explanation-3: -Earl Browder expected the wartime coalition between the Soviet Union and the West to bring about a prolonged period of social harmony after the war. In order better to integrate the Communist movement into American life, the party was officially dissolved in 1944 and replaced by a Communist Political Association.

Detailed explanation-4: -Today communism is the official form of government in only five countries: China, North Korea, Laos, Cuba, and Vietnam.